Casa indipendente Via Portengola, 1, 66052, Gissi
[Rif. DV-14285] Proponiamo in vendita una tipica casa di paese, indipendente, di circa 110 mq commerciali situata in Via Portengola 1, in posizione centrale nel comune di Gissi e sviluppata su due livelli. L'immobile si presenta in buono stato abitativo, caratterizzato da una distribuzione interna semplice e…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €55,000 for 110 sqm, the ask is €500/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €700/sqm versus a very low internal baseline of €419/sqm in Abruzzo townhouses. Good central-village layout and 46 photos support the listing, but mechanically it is not discounted versus baseline, so this looks more ordinary than exceptional.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely charming stone village house with a pretty old-town exterior and some character in the vaulted ground-floor living space. The good news is that it looks fully usable now, with kitchen, heating and furnished bedrooms rather than a shell. The wow is modest rather than dramatic, because the interiors are simple and dated and the photos do not show a special view or outdoor living area.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€7,000 – €12,000
Wiring, water and sanitary work of any kind, heating, air conditioning and gas go to a registered firm by law, and so do flues and the air openings for gas appliances. That labour stays in the bill. Yours is the stripping out, plaster, paint, floors, tiling and carpentry.
Labour is 61% of a renovation price on average and 67% at the median, across 191 items of the Emilia-Romagna 2025 public price list. Materials are the rest. An averaged price list, not a quote.
Materials you buy yourself carry 22% VAT; supplied by the firm doing the work they go at the 10% renovation rate. On a €30,000 materials bill that is €3,600 of extra tax.
Household wiring installed before 13 March 1990 counts as compliant if it has a main breaker with overcurrent protection, protection against direct contact and a 30 mA RCD. Having a firm bring the existing wiring up to that and certify it is the cheapest lawful route.
- Interiors are plain and dated despite being habitable.
- No real view is proven in the photos.
- Only one bathroom for 110 sqm.
- Tight village-lane setting with no private outdoor space shown.
Estimate from the listing and its photos, not a survey. Treat it as the starting point for your own quotes. An Italian builder's quote is normally written without VAT and without design fees, so add about a quarter to any figure a firm gives you.
The area around
Location score 53/100The cluster is in the low inland hills between the Sangro and Trigno valleys, with a farmed landscape of fields, olive groves and scattered woods. The Adriatic coast is nearby, with the beach resorts around Vasto and San Salvo the main larger centres in daily use for shops and services. Inland, the first rises of the Abruzzo Apennines are farther west, but they are outside the immediate 15 km landscape. The area is known for olive oil, mixed farming and small hill villages.